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No. 234396. Patented Nov. 16,1880.

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HENRY FAKE, OF CHIGAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, CHARLES C. CHASE, ELMIRA FAKE, GEORGIANA FARE, AND WARREN S. FAKE.

CURRENT AND TIDE-WATER WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 234396, dated November 16, 1880.

Application filed J' une 7, 1880. (No model.)

To all 'whom tt may concrn:

Be it known that I, HENRY FAKE, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States,

haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Current and TideWVater Wheels, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Io Figure l is a top or plan view of the wheel; Fig. 2, an elevation, with the water-way in cross-sections. Fig. 3 is an elevation, with the water-way and the bearings for the wheel in cross-section, a portion ot' the wheel-rim being broken away, and all but one of the weights and paddles removed; Fig. 4, a detail, showing the ncline for raising the paddles.

The object of this invention is to construct a current or title-water wheel which will be zo simple and strongin its Construction, efficient in operation, and operate with power in slight currents; and its nature consists in theimprovements in the nethod of hanging and Operating the paddles or buckets, in directing the flow of the water to and from the wheel,

and in the several combinations ot' parts hereinafter set forth and claimed as new.

In the drawings, A indicates the outer or main rim of the wheel; B, a secondary rim or 0 band; G, a circular plate or small hub; D, the shaft; D the hnb; E, the radial arms of the wheel F, braces or bracin g supports; G, windlass or winch; a, cords for Operating the bucket-weights; I), guides for the cords; c, the

5 cord for Operating the adjusting-cords a,- d, a

swivel-coupling; e, cord leading to the windlass Gr, or other device for Operating and holding the weight cord or cords; f, weights, g,

buckets, paddles, or blades; t, pivots of the- 0 buckets; t'j, ascending and descending inclines for passing the buckets over the wall ot' the water-way; WV, water-way; X X', walls of the water-way near the shaft; Y, outer wall ot' water-way; Y', curved portion of the same;

5 Z, the surplus water and waste-water way.

The device as a whole is supported in a suitble frame-work, which will vary in form according to the location in which the wheel is to be used. When used as a current-wheel the framework may be a part of the mill, and 5o when used as a title-wheel it will be mounted on fioats, scows, floating platform, or other suitable support.

The center shaft, D, is supported on a gudgeon, and is held in place by suitable bearings. It is provided with radial arms E attached to the hnb D', which arms extend ont to form a wheel of the required diameter. The outer ends of the arms are supported by the rim A, which rim is supported by the radial arms and the braces F. The braces are attached at their upper ends to a small annular pl-ate or a small hnb, so as to relieve the arms E from the weight of the attached devices. On the brace-arms F a band, B, is placed for the purpose of holding the weightcords a in position, and for convenience in Operating them. It is, hovever, evidentthat the guide-eyes b may be attached directly to the braces and the band B dispensed with. 7o To the under side of the arms E the buckets g are pivoted by the pivots h, or by other suitable pivots or linges.

The buckets are nade to nearly or quite fill the space between the walls of the water-way and between the arms and the bottom of the water-way when they are nearly in a vertical position. The buckets are hinged or pivoted below the radial arms E, as shown, and extend above the same and strike against them or against the braces for stops. The upper ends of the buckets may be a continuation, as shown, or they may be skeletons or simple arms.

I pivot to the arms E a weight, f, for each hucket, which weights may be in the form shown, or simple rods with fixed or adj ustable balls at their upper ends. To the upper end of each weight a cord, a, is attached, which cord may be separate for each weight, or 0 two, three, or more may be attached to the same cord. I think it best to attach onefourth of the weights to one cord, a, so that only four will be required to a wheel. The cords a pass through a guide-loop, b, to give them a sufcientincline or angle to insure the lifting of the weights when the cords a are drawn up by the cord c, to which they are attached. Between the cords c and e, I place a swivel, d, to prevent the rotation of the wheel from twisting or injnrin g the cord c. The swivel is connected with the cord c, which passes over to the winch G, by which the cord e is wound so as to raise the weightsfthrough the cords a and c. These cords may be made of ordinary cords a c of' wire rope. The ropes may be operated by other device than the cord e and windlass, as the lifting of the weightsf is all that is required.

The operation of the weights is to throw the huckets out of use when it is not desired to run the wheel, for when the cords a are loosened the weights will throw the buckets up into a nearly horizontal position, or catch and hold them when they are thrown np by theineline i. As shown at Fig. 2, the weights are elevated, so as to allow the wheel to take water. The central support, X of the wheel is extended out so as to turn the water into a narrow channel, which the buckets fit.

The water-way is made of plank, tinber, stone in whole or in part, or of other suitable material which will form the walls X Y. When the buekets conie against the wall X it is provided with an incline, t', to lift them over and to prevent the strain on the buckets and the jar of the wheel by sudden dropping. 1 also provide the inside of this wall with a descending incline,j. The wall Y maybe a dstinct device or simply awalled enbankment. At the rear of the wheel it is curved to fit the wheel, as shown at Y', Fig. 1, which keeps the water longer in contact with the buckets, and it gives thwfe'fit" circular turn, so that it will exert its full force against the huckets.

When the wheel is used for tides it is required to take water in opposite directions at different times. All that is required for this purpose is to place a wall similar to Y on the opposite side of the waste-passage Z, so that the return water will take the wheel on the other side.

Foratide-wheelitwillbe advisable to shorten the circular turn or turns Y' by about the space between two buckets. The water-channel is made to gradually contract from the incline j to the exit at the end of Y', and the buckets come gradually nearer to filling the channel as they approach the exit, where they fit close.

This arrangement permits the flowing of the water so as to operate on all of the buckets instead of being choked or backed up When a bucket first enters the confined channel.

The diameter of the wheel will be varied in accordance with the speed ot' the current and the Volume ot' water.

It will, of course, be understood that whenever necessary the water-ways or race will be provided with water-gates.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination ot' the horizontal radial arms E and shaft D with the buckets g, .having an upward extension and hinged or pivoted below the arms, whereby the arms act as stops for 'the buckets, snbstantially as specified.

2. The horizontal arms E, in combination with the hinged buckets g, having an extension above the hinge or pivots, and the weights f, acting directly upon the bncket-extensions, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The cords a c, in combination with the weights f and buckcts g, substantially as set forth.

4. The conbiation of the arns E, buckets g, and weightsf, with the cords a c, extensioncord e, and winch G, or other looking device, substantially as specified.

5. The water-way or race W, having the walls X Y and curved walls or parts Y' and X substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. The water-way having the walls XY and curves X Y formin g a narrower curved chan nel, in combination with close-fitting hinged waterwheel buckets g, substantially as set forth.

7. The wall X, having the incline z'j, in combination with a horizontal water-wheel having hinged buckets, substantially as specified.

8. The walls Y, Y', and X, and the circular central support, X arranged to gradually narrow the water-channel from the entrance of the buekets to their exit, for giving the current of water action on several buckets at the same time, substantially as described.

HENRY FAKE.

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